UniProt functional annotation for P02247

UniProt code: P02247.

Organism: Themiste hennahi (Peanut worm) (Themiste zostericola).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Spiralia; Lophotrochozoa; Sipuncula; Sipunculidea; Golfingiida; Themistidae; Themiste.
 
Function: Myohemerythrin is an oxygen-binding protein found in the retractor muscles of certain worms. The oxygen-binding site contains two iron atoms.
 
Subunit: Monomer. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q60AX2}.
Tissue specificity: Muscle.
Similarity: Belongs to the hemerythrin family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.